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Difficult Conversations in the Parish

Instructor: Mark Paustian

Description:
This course will lay a theoretical and practical foundation in the thorny matter of interpersonal conflict. On the basis of the best of both secular and Christian scholarship, this will be a highly interactive experience featuring case studies and role plays that involve the most difficult conversations participants have had to navigate in their professional and personal lives. This study will be grounded in the deep Christian optimism that we find in the words of Jesus: "Where two or three come together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

During Winterim 2025, this course runs from 7:30am–9:15am, January 6–10, 2025.

Registration will be available in the Student Information System (SIS) beginning September 9, 2024 and closes December 6, 2024. When you've reached the "cart" during registration, there you will have the option to add the tuition fee to take the course for credit (the default registration is an audit).

Financial assistance is also available. If your congregation is paying for your tuition, please submit a financial aid request form with that information so you may receive the tuition discount.

Area of Study: Pastoral Leadership
Tuition: $400
Course Number: PL5077
Course Credits 1.0
Dates Term Location
06/02/2025 to 06/06/2025 Arizona/California District Summer Satellite Event 2025 Beautiful Savior, Las Vegas, NV View Courses
01/06/2025 to 01/10/2025 Winterim 2025 Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary View Courses